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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s fame was sort of an accident. It wasn’t planned by any means, even if they grew up in the Valley, which houses Hollywood’s upper echelons. According to Rolling Stone, the pair’s mother, Jarnette, sent a photo of the twins to a casting agency that was represented by a friend “for the hell of it.” Since infants can only legally work about 20 minutes at a time, the twins were a deal, an astoundingly charming, 40-minute workhorse. They got the job, but that doesn’t mean they liked it.
John Stamos is the first to admit that the Olsens became a tough sell, and he even tried to get them fired. He told Entertainment Weekly that they cried a lot, which made it “difficult to get the shot.” At one point, they were recast, but it “didn’t work” for whatever reason, so the Olsens were re-hired. Even then, The Washington Post reported that Mary-Kate filmed most of Season 1 because Ashley was “very much afraid to come on the set.”
In truth, neither of the twins particularly enjoyed their acting careers — at least not in retrospect. In a 2010 interview with Marie Claire, Mary-Kate revealed that the pair felt like “little monkey performers.” “I look at old photos of me, and I don’t feel connected to them at all,” she told the outlet, adding, “I would never wish my upbringing on anyone.”
Written by: Nicki
